Forty-eight men have served as mayor of Oakland. They are:
| 1. Horace W. Carpentier |
April 17, 1854-March 4, 1855 |
| 2. Charles Campbell |
March 5, 1855-March 2, 1856 |
| 3. Samuel H. Robinson |
March 3, 1856-March 1, 1857 |
| 4. Andrew Williams |
March 2, 1857-March 6, 1859 |
| 5. Francis K. Shattuck |
March 7, 1859-March 6, 1860 |
| 6. J.P.M. Davis |
March 7, 1960-March 4, 1862 |
| 7. George M. Blake |
March 5, 1862-March 1863 |
| 8. W. H. Bovee |
March 1863-March 13, 1864 |
| 9. Edward Gibbons |
March 14, 1864-March 5, 1865 |
| 10. B. F. Ferris |
March 6, 1865-March 4, 1866 |
| 11. John W. Dwinelle |
March 5, 1866-March 6, 1867 |
| 12. William Watrus Crane, Jr. |
March 7, 1867-November 2, 1867 |
| 13. Samuel Merritt |
November 3, 1867-February 18, 1869 |
| 14. John B. Felton |
March 1, 1869-March 5, 1870 |
| 15. Nathaniel W. Spaulding |
March 4, 1870-March 3, 1873 |
| 16. Henry Durant |
March 4, 1873-February 28, 1875 |
| 17. Mack Webber |
March 1, 1875-March 12, 1876 |
| 18. Enoch H. Pardee* |
March 13, 1876-March 24, 1878 |
| 19. Washburne R. Andrus |
March 25, 1878-March 7, 1880 |
| 20. James E. Blethen |
March 8, 1880-March 12, 1882 |
| 21. Charles K. Robinson |
March 13, 1882-March 11, 1883 |
| 22. J. West Martin |
March 12, 1883-March 9, 1884 |
| 23. Ashmun C. Henry |
March 10, 1884-March 8, 1885 |
| 24. Eli W. Playter |
March 9, 1885-March 13, 1887 |
| 25. William R. Davis |
March 14, 1887-March 11, 1888 |
| 26. Charles D. Pierce |
March 12-1888-March 10, 1889 |
| 27. John R. Glascock |
March 11, 1889-March 8, 1891 |
| 28. Melvin C. Chapman |
March 9, 1891-March 12, 1893 |
| 29. George C. Pardee* |
March 13, 1893-March 10, 1895 |
| 30. John L. Davie** |
March 11, 1895-March 8, 1897 |
| 31. W. R. Thomas |
March 9, 1897-March 12, 1899 |
| 32. Roland W. Snow |
March 13, 1899-March 10, 1901 |
| 33. Anson Barstow |
March 11, 1901-March 8, 1903 |
| 34. Warren Olney |
March 9, 1903-March 1905 |
| 35. Frank K. Mott |
March 1905-June 30, 1915 |
| 36. John L. Davie** |
July 1, 1915-June 30, 1931 |
| 37. Fred N. Morcom |
July 1, 1931-June 30, 1933 |
| 38. William J. McCracken |
July 1, 1933-June 30, 1941 |
| 39. John F. Slavich |
July 1, 1941-June 30, 1945 |
| 40. Herbert L. Beach |
July 1, 1945-June 30, 1947 |
| 41. Joseph E. Smith |
July 1, 1947-June 30, 1949 |
| 42. Clifford D. Rishell |
July 1, 1949-June 30 1961 |
| 43. John Houlihan |
July 1, 1961-April 30, 1966 |
| 44. John H. Reading |
May 1, 1966-June 30, 1977 |
| 45. Lionel J. Wilson |
July 1, 1977-January 6, 1991 |
| 46. Elihu Harris |
January 7, 1991-December 31, 1998 |
| 47. Jerry Brown |
January 1, 1999-December 29, 2006 |
| 48. Ronald V. Dellums |
December 29, 2006 - |
* Enoch and George Pardee were father and son. George Pardee was Governor of California during the 1906 earthquake
** John L. Davie was Oakland's longest-serving mayor
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